Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Evans, Colin, 1948- Title: The Valentino affair : the Jazz Age murder scandal that shocked New York society and gripped the world / Colin Evans. Publisher, Date: Guilford Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014] ©2014 Description: x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Chronicles how, before changing his name and becoming a Hollywood icon, Rudolph Valentino was involved in a couple's messy divorce -- which ultimately ended in death. Subjects: Errázuriz Vergara, Blanca Elena. Valentino, Rudolph, 1895-1926. Murder -- New York (State) -- New York. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index. Contents: The Flower of the Andes -- An American in Paris -- The wayward husband -- The man from Italy -- When Blanca met the Signor -- Enter Ms. Sawyer -- "Revenge should have no bounds" -- "It had to be done" -- Let the battle commence -- The funeral -- Indictment -- Someone's lying -- Amnesia -- Blanca takes the stand -- "Flatter him to death" -- The medical evidence -- The hypothetical question -- The verdict -- A courtroom Bernhardt. ISBN: 9780762791491 0762791497 9780762791491 : HRD 0762791497 : HRD Other Number: 857803679 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 453675 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 364.1523 Evans Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
